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Sonalee Kulkarni (सोनाली कुलकर्णी) is an Indian Actress, originally from Pune, India. She is noted for her role in the acclaimed 2009 Marathi film Natarang.

Biography
Sonalee Kulkarni was born to Manohar and Savindar Kulkarni in the army cantonment of Khadki, near Pune. Both her parents were doctors serving with the Army Medical Corps. She was brought up in a mixed cultural background, as her father is a Deshastha Brahmin from Maharashtra whereas her mother is originally from Punjab. Sonalee speaks fluent Hindi, Marathi, English and Punjabi, although she faced difficulty due to language while performing in her first Marathi film Bakula Namdev Ghotale.

Sonalee studied at the Army School, Kendriya Vidyalaya and the Ferguson college, Pune. She completed a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indira School of Communication, Pune. Sonalee has been practising dance from the age of five, and trained as a Bharatnatyam dancer during her school years.

Career
After participating in a beauty contest in her college, Sonalee was offered several roles in advertisements and minor films. In 2006, she was offered a role in Kedar Shinde' film Bakula Namdev Ghotale, for which she received the Zee Gaurav award for best actress.

In 2008, Sonalee was offered a role in Natarang, along with Atul Kulkarni and Kishor Kadam. The role made her famous, and established her identity as distinct from Sonali Kulkarni, another Marathi actress sharing the same name. She received wide acclaim for her dance performances in the film.